/ English Dictionary

ADULTERER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who commits adultery or fornication

Synonyms:

adulterer; fornicator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("adulterer" is a kind of...):

debauchee; libertine; rounder (a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adulterer"):

adulteress; fornicatress; hussy; jade; loose woman; slut; strumpet; trollop (a woman adulterer)

wencher (someone who patronizes prostitutes)

Derivation:

adultery (extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations)

Credits

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